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Welcome to the
Kitty Hawk
Kites facts and trivia section. Below is a list of
interesting information about the Hang Gliding Spectacular and
Air Games event. If you would like to contribute to this
section please
contact Bruce Weaver.
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The current world
record for "free distance" hang gliding as of 2005
435.3 Miles
held by Manfred Ruhmer with in 2001, but
Mike Barber has flown an uncertified distance of 704 km
(437
Miles) on June 19 2002 in Zapata Texas.
Learn more about hang gliding at:
Wikipedia.org |
Spectacular
Facts and Trivia
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Billy Vaughn finally won the
Spectacular advanced division in 2007 after coming in 2nd 6
or 7 times.
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The only two pilots to thermal a hang glider out of Jockey's
Ridge were both winners of the Hang Gliding Spectacular:
Jim Johns 1987
Winner and Bo
Hagewood 2002 Winner. (All winners)
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As of 2003 there is a tie for the most Spectacular wins between Steve Wendt (4 wins) and
Ken Brown (4 wins). Steve won in 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991 and
Ken won in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998.
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